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[Ryder71]

If Ryder is an insider then I'm Ron Hextall.

Salutations Ron.

 

[Lustaf]

You can be skeptical, I was very upset he turned it down. It was a mistake.

I'm not sure you have anyway to verify that offer was made but I'll live in that world.

How could you turn that down as an NHL GM. I'd be so livid if I was on staff and heard that was turned down.

What possible justification could you make.

 

[Ryder71]

Is our resident boomer of all people claiming to be an Insider now

I know things you don't that's for damn sure. You're completely clueless on the vast majority of your assertions.

 

[66-30-33]

For the low, low price of a 1st, we can take him off their hands.

Better then Nurse. But how about a 1st in 2026?

 

[Ryder71]

I'm not sure you have anyway to verify that offer was made but I'll live in that world.

How could you turn that down as an NHL GM. I'd be so livid if I was on staff and heard that was turned down.

I wanted to throw a chair. I feel your pain.

 

[Turin]

I know things you don't that's for damn sure. You're completely clueless on the vast majority of your assertions.

Bro tryna tell us he has contacts guys like Friedman and Lebrun don't and that Dubas turned down Clarke, Moore, and a 1st lmfaooooo

 

[66-30-33]

Ryder is Rob Rossi?

 

[Ryder71]

Ryder is Rob Rossi?

Don't insult me like that, please.

 

[Ryder71]

Bro tryna tell us he has contacts guys like Friedman and Lebrun don't and that Dubas turned down Clarke, Moore, and a 1st lmfaooooo

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As I said, you are clueless.

 

[66-30-33]

Don't insult me like that, please.

Well, you both have the R's in check.

 

[Ryder71]

Well, you both have the R's in check.

So does Rickard Rakell, how bout that one?

 

[SEALBound]

You can think what you want, but he was.

Source? I'm not being confrontational, I'm just asking.

It's like the Guentzel trade when people said stuff like "he was offered a 1st and a blue chip prospect and said no" but never backed it up with a Source.

 

[Turin]

As I said, you are clueless.

> every single insider says Dubas wants a roster player, top prospect and pick if he's trading Rakell

>HFBoards makes up fictional pipe dream proposal to hope for

> Ryder says months later that the specific HFBoard pipe dream proposal that had everything Dubas dreamed of was turned down


K man whatever you say

 

[Ryder71]

Source? I'm not being confrontational, I'm just asking.

It's like the Guentzel trade when people said stuff like "he was offered a 1st and a blue chip prospect and said no" but never backed it up with a Source.

The Guentzel trade was far more murky to figure out, which is why I never said anything. There was a lot of speculation that one of the pieces was Blake if you remember. Of course it didn't turn out that way. Honestly, that was one I never speculated about because I didn't know.

 

[Empoleon8771]

The disappointing thing with this off-season is that I'm honestly not seeing a way that Dubas can realistically add to the LD group in terms of actual long-term solutions in a way I like. It's either pay out the ass for Byram, which I don't think the Penguins should be doing, or it's drafting a super flawed LD prospect in Smith or Aitcheson. I might be missing some guys that could become available, but I'm really not sure who I'm missing.

 

[Factorial]

If Ryder is an insider then I'm Ron Hextall.

Claims to have worked for the Pens in the past. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Ryder71]

> every single insider says Dubas wants a roster player, top prospect and pick if he's trading Rakell

>HFBoards makes up fictional pipe dream proposal to hope for

> Ryder says months later that the specific HFBoard pipe dream proposal that had everything Dubas dreamed of was turned down


K man whatever you say

If you're using ''insiders'' you're essentially outsourcing your info. In which case anyone on the internet could quote it. On the Rakell situation that was not the case.

But you get it wrong a lot, so whatever.

 

[Turin]

If you're using ''insiders'' you're essentially outsourcing your info. In which case anyone on the internet could quote it. On the Rakell situation that was not the case.

But you get it wrong a lot, so whatever.

This is incoherent.

So why did Dubas turn down the HFBoards-made proposal?

 

[Turin]

Claims to have worked for the Pens in the past. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He also claims to have insider knowledge on the draft after saying that 4 out of the 5 consensus ranked picks where the Pens draft would be unacceptable to draft. So.. I think he's delusional until he proves otherwise.

 

[BusinessGoose]

This is incoherent.

So why did Dubas turn down the HFBoards-made proposal?

Because he needed the pens to lose enough that FSG let him fire FraudAss Sullivan

5D chess, bro

 

[Turin]

Because he needed the pens to lose enough that FSG let him fire FraudAss Sullivan

5D chess, bro

But they probably woulda lost more + got literally the best imaginable package lmao

 

[Ryder71]

This is incoherent.

So why did Dubas turn down the HFBoards-made proposal?

It's not incoherent. ''Insiders'' are essentially middlemen who are used (sometimes strategically) to throw out helpful info for a given team to either gin up interest or to give info on a trade that's all but officially consummated. They'll get info directly from Agents, GM's or AGM's or higher ups in the FO's etc.

I don't need a middle man. Not in most cases. But I don't know every single detail to every single transaction. Just the big ones, or potential big deals. Sometimes I know, other times I don't. For example: I'm not overly concerned about who we hire as our assistant coaches. I wouldn't even try to look into that.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

If Ryder is an insider then I'm Ron Hextall.

No one in their right mind would cop to that.

Which is to say, hey Ron.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

This is incoherent.

So why did Dubas turn down the HFBoards-made proposal?

You're trying to find logic where it doesn't exist.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

No one in their right mind would cop to that.

Which is to say, hey Ron.